Golf

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Grammy Award winner Darius Rucker and World Golf Hall of Famer Beth Daniel were named honorary chairs of next year’s U.S. Women’s Open at the Country Club of Charleston. The tournament will take place from May 30-June 2. Rucker and Daniel are both Charleston natives. Rucker was lead singer for Hootie &

ST. LOUIS — A key figure on so many European Ryder Cup teams, Sergio Garcia finds himself well outside of an automatic qualifying place for the 2018 squad and the subject of surprising debate about whether captain Thomas Bjorn should make him an at-large pick. Garcia, 38, who won his first major title at the

For the last time, the PGA Championship will be the year’s last major. Next year, it moves up to May, making it second in the major batting order, falling after the Masters. The 100th PGA Championship, held this week at Bellerive, won’t be short on drama. We take a look at the biggest questions for

RENO, Nev. — Andrew Putnam won the Barracuda Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, holding off Chad Campbell by four points in the modified Stableford scoring event. Putnam closed with a 22-foot birdie putt from off the front of the green on the par-5 18th when a bogey would have been enough

AKRON, Ohio — Like he has done so many times before, Tiger Woods fired an iron shot toward the 18th hole at Firestone Country Club on Sunday, with thousands of cheering spectators watching him convert the birdie putt. Unfortunately for Woods, he was doing that while the leaders of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational were making their

AKRON, Ohio — The last time Justin Thomas won a golf tournament, he was calling out rowdy spectators in the gallery and getting more attention for that controversial move than for capturing the Honda Classic. That win was five months ago — not that big of a deal in the overall scheme of things but

BLAINE, Minn. — Kenny Perry created more drama than he wanted Sunday in the last 3M Championship. He closed with a 3-under 69 for a three-stroke victory in the PGA Tour Champions event that is being replaced by the PGA Tour’s 3M Open. Also the 2014 and 2015 winner at TPC Twin Cities, the 57-year-old

AKRON, Ohio — Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy have become friends more by location than youth. They live near each other in South Florida and said they spent last weekend practicing together at The Bear’s Club. Sunday at Firestone will be the eighth time this year that they play together in a tournament, and the

India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar chipped in from off the green to record an eagle on the 17th hole to propel himself to a one-shot victory in the Fiji International over Australia’s Anthony Quayle at the Natadola Bay Championship Golf Course on Sunday. The 30-year-old’s eagle gave him the lead over the Queenslander, who shot an impressive

AKRON, Ohio — If there was something bothering Tiger Woods on Saturday during a steamy third round at Firestone Country Club, he was not saying. No back issues? No illness? “I’m fine,” he said. “Just played like crap.” The latter is certainly true, given his good form of late and his fondness for the course.